If Ernie Johnson Said The Same Comments Barkley Said, Would He Still Have A Job?

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Barkley said blacks are brainwashed by other blacks to value street cred over intelligence. He spoke the truth

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I can't handle the truth

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You know how you can call your family, wife, kids, etc. crazy or worse, but if someone else does it you get mad? Certain people get certain allowances for certain things. If that keeps you up at night, you may just want to remove yourself from the world now.

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Yup, I'll call my mother a bitch when I feel like it, but if someone else does it around me I will fight them. There are just some things you can do/say about your own group that aren't ok for outsiders to say.

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You know how you can call your family, wife, kids, etc. crazy or worse, but if someone else does it you get mad?

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No. I'm not a hypocrite.

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it feels like the motive is they just really want to be able to talk bad about black people lol

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yeah it's not like we have freedom of speech or equal rights or any of that shite in America

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You know how you can call your family, wife, kids, etc. crazy or worse, but if someone else does it you get mad? Certain people get certain allowances for certain things. If that keeps you up at night, you may just want to remove yourself from the world now.

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Well said

Barkley is black so its acceptable.

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Barkley is black so its acceptable.

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exactly, I find it so weird that people can't get over this.

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yeah it's not like we have freedom of speech or equal rights or any of that shite in America

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If we really had freedom of speech a white guy could have said what Barkley said without public shaming.

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If we really had freedom of speech a white guy could have said what Barkley said without public shaming.

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Just because you have the right to say something doesn't mean you have to right to escape non-legal consequences. Public Shamming is a form a freedom of speech. All freedom of speech means is you won't be thrown in jail for saying it.

Quick Rundown from the US court website
What Does Free Speech Mean?

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Among other cherished values, the First Amendment protects freedom of speech. The U.S. Supreme Court often has struggled to determine what exactly constitutes protected speech. The following are examples of speech, both direct (words) and symbolic (actions), that the Court has decided are either entitled to First Amendment protections, or not.

The First Amendment states, in relevant part, that:

“Congress shall make no law...abridging freedom of speech.”

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Freedom of speech includes the right:

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Not to speak (specifically, the right not to salute the flag).
West Virginia Board of Education v. Barnette, 319 U.S. 624 (1943).
Of students to wear black armbands to school to protest a war (“Students do not shed their constitutional rights at the schoolhouse gate.”).
Tinker v. Des Moines, 393 U.S. 503 (1969).
To use certain offensive words and phrases to convey political messages.
Cohen v. California, 403 U.S. 15 (1971).
To contribute money (under certain circumstances) to political campaigns.
Buckley v. Valeo, 424 U.S. 1 (1976).
To advertise commercial products and professional services (with some restrictions).
Virginia Board of Pharmacy v. Virginia Consumer Council, 425 U.S. 748 (1976); Bates v. State Bar of Arizona, 433 U.S. 350 (1977).
To engage in symbolic speech, (e.g., burning the flag in protest).
Texas v. Johnson, 491 U.S. 397 (1989); United States v. Eichman, 496 U.S. 310 (1990).

Freedom of speech does not include the right:

To incite actions that would harm others (e.g., “[S]hout[ing] ‘fire’ in a crowded theater.”).
Schenck v. United States, 249 U.S. 47 (1919).
To make or distribute obscene materials.
Roth v. United States, 354 U.S. 476 (1957).
To burn draft cards as an anti-war protest.
United States v. O’Brien, 391 U.S. 367 (1968).
To permit students to print articles in a school newspaper over the objections of the school administration.
Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier, 484 U.S. 260 (1988).
Of students to make an obscene speech at a school-sponsored event.
Bethel School District #43 v. Fraser, 478 U.S. 675 (1986).
Of students to advocate illegal drug use at a school-sponsored event.
Morse v. Frederick, __ U.S. __ (2007).

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